Headteacher

Fir Tree Junior School, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0NY

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  14 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £63,430.00 - £73,509.00 Annually (Actual) L13- L19

Headteacher job summary

Are you an enthusiastic, child-centred and confident leader, committed to inspiring and supporting pupils, staff and the wider school community to build on the successes of our school? Our children and staff are looking for a Headteacher who is inspirational and passionate, who is warm and considerate, but is also strong and willing to stand up for the best interests of both pupils and staff.

We are looking for a Headteacher who will:

• Build on the solid foundations already in place,

• Be approachable and a good listener, with an ability to work collaboratively with others,

• Place the children front and centre of all that you do, valuing each child as an individual and continuing the school’s inclusive approach,

• Develop the excellent teaching and learning provision for our children, ensuring that each child achieves their true potential,

• Encourage, motivate and support the staff team, providing opportunities to share skills and develop,

• Inspire the whole school community by setting clear standards and fair expectations.

In return we can offer you:

• Children who are keen to learn, behave well and care for one another,

• An excellent staff team with considerable expertise, who work well together and care deeply for our pupils,

• A broad and ambitious curriculum which offers exciting and inspirational teaching and learning opportunities,

• A fantastic school environment, with excellent outdoor space and established programmes for wider learning,

• A committed local governing body who supports the Headteacher and cares for staff and pupil wellbeing,

• An engaged and supportive parental community with a hard-working PTA.

We believe this is a fantastic opportunity to lead a committed and hard-working team in a friendly, welcoming school as we move to a full primary status. If our vision and values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you whether you are a current Headteacher or an experienced leader seeking your first headship.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Fir Tree Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 235 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fir Tree Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fir-tree-junior-school-wallingford

Fir Tree is a two-form entry junior school with close links to our feeder infant school St Nicholas C of E, and currently we have 218 children on roll. We take pride in our ethos, which is underpinned by the values of: respect, responsibility, courage, tolerance, friendship and perseverance.

We are fortunate to have a fantastic school site, with a forest school and pond, a vegetable garden (supplying our chef, Siva, with home-grown produce to be cooked for lunches in our school kitchen), a large playing field, play equipment and an outdoor classroom which we call ‘The Castle’.

This is an exciting time for Fir Tree Junior School. Whilst currently a two form entry junior school, due to housing growth in the town we expect to become a one-form primary school and whilst we can’t put an exact date on this yet, we anticipate the change is likely to happen within the tenure of our next Headteacher. As such, the appointed candidate will need to be able to demonstrate strong planning skills and an ability to work collaboratively - with our colleagues at St Nicholas C of E Infants’ School, with colleagues within ODST and with those at Oxfordshire County Council. Although planning is still at a relatively early stage, the eventual project will provide a rare opportunity to support the transition of a junior school into the full primary phase.

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